Roger Highfield
Museum exec, writer & visiting prof at @Dunn_School and @UCLChemistry. Ex New Scientist Editor & Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph. Neutron bouncer
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Study solves puzzle of snail and slug feeding preferences
A study led by the University of Plymouth suggests the reason some seedlings are more commonly eaten by slugs and snails may be down to the smells produced by young seedlings in the early stages of their development.
Roger Highfield
Study solves puzzle of snail and slug dining habits eurekalert.org/e/8vny via @PlymUni @EurekAlert
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Cast of the Right Bronchial Tree | NEJM
Images in Clinical Medicine from The New England Journal of Medicine — Cast of the Right Bronchial Tree
After last week’s shock, scientists scramble to prevent more gene-edited babies
Claimed creation of CRISPR-altered twins triggers calls for international oversight
Early clinical trial data show gene therapy reversing sickle cell anemia
After over a decade of preclinical research and development, a new gene therapy treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) is reversing disease symptoms in two adults and showing early potential for transportability to resource-challenged parts of the...
Roger Highfield
Early clinical trial data show gene therapy is reversing sickle cell anaemia eurekalert.org/e/8vkZ via @CincyChildrens
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Bringing balance to the universe: New theory could explain missing 95 percent of the cosmos
New research could shed light on the 'missing' dark matter and dark energy that make up 95 percent of our universe and yet are wholly invisible to us.
Roger Highfield
Should we unify dark matter and dark energy into a single phenomenon: a fluid which possesses 'negative mass' (if you were to push a negative mass, it would accelerate towards you)?!
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The secrets of Lonesome George
Genome of legendary Galapagos giant tortoise reveals some clues about longevity.
Roger Highfield
The secrets of Lonesome George - genome of legendary Galapagos giant tortoise reveals some clues about longevity
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We need a temporary moratorium on making gene-edited babies
A three-year moratorium on making genetically modified babies gives time for both the science and societal discussions to advance without being a burden.
Did our ancient sun go on a diet? Bands of martian rock could solve the ‘faint young sun’ paradox
New study suggests rocks on Mars could hold a hidden record of the sun’s weight
Roger Highfield
Did our ancient sun go on a diet? Martian rock could solve the ‘faint young sun’ paradox sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/d… More #Sun in the @sciencemuseum sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/the…
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The Placenta, an Afterthought No Longer
An ephemeral organ, long dismissed merely as afterbirth, increasingly is viewed as critical to understanding the health and course of pregnancy.
Roger Highfield
The placenta, an ephemeral organ, long dismissed merely as afterbirth, is increasingly viewed as critical to understanding the health and course of pregnancy
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Nanoscale tweezers can perform single-molecule 'biopsies' on individual cells
Using electrical impulses, the 'tweezers' can extract single DNA, proteins and organelles from living cells without destroying them.
Roger Highfield
How to extract single molecules from live cells, without destroying them - nanotweezers! eurekalert.org/e/8v1s via @imperialspark
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BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock talks to Jim Al-Khalili about astronomy.
James Joule's radical ideas about energy
Curator of Engineering Sarah Baines takes a look at the innovative thinking of James Joule, whose ideas on heat and energy were initially thought to be so revolutionary they were rejected by the scientific establishment.
The CRISPR Baby Scandal Gets Worse by the Day
The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details.
Roger Highfield
From technical problems to ethical missteps that border on farce, it’s hard to imagine how the alleged creation of the first gene-edited infants could have gone any worse - @edyong209 on fine form
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NASA Astronaut Anne McClain and Crewmates Arrive Aboard Space Station
Three crew members are adjusting to life on the International Space Station after a successful launch and docking of their Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft Monday.
Venice anti-flood gates could wreck lagoon ecosystem
Instead, researchers suggest injecting fluid cement or water below ground to lift the entire city.
Roger Highfield
Venice anti-flood gates could wreck lagoon ecosystem. Instead, researchers suggest injecting fluid cement or water below ground to lift up the entire city
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Nokia 1011 mobile telephone, 1992-1994 | Science Museum Group Collection
Nokia 1011 mobile phone, manufactured by Nokia, Germany, 1992-1994. An example of the first mass produced phone to be available for use on the GSM digital mobile networks.
Fruit vs Fruit
Prepare for total fruit annihilation as the guys capture some sweet 4K footage of fruit colliding. Check out The Super Slow Show, only on YouTube.
China set to launch first-ever spacecraft to the far side of the Moon
Instruments on board the lander will carry out the first radio astronomy observations from the Moon's far surface.
Roger Highfield
Early in the New Year, if all goes well, the Chinese spacecraft Chang’e-4 will arrive where no craft has been before: the far side of the Moon
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